Splashing in the waves and cantering along the sands is one of the best experiences you can have with your horse. Join us (Hannah and Rachel) on our beach trip and find out more about how we travel our horses, deal with spooks using clicker training and have a lot of fun cantering along the […]
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If you’re looking for a clear, gentle and fun way to help your horse become sounder, straighter, more supple and balanced, this is for you. Gymnastic Groundwork helps your horse in these ways: #1 Stretch, Strengthen and Straighten #2 Improve Body Awareness and Proprioception #3 To solve problems like rushing, resistance, stiffness, one-sidedness, heaviness and
What is Gymnastic Groundwork for Body and Mind? Healthy Movement, Happy Horse 🐎 Read More »
Stuck for groundwork training ideas? Want to build your relationship, improve your horse’s fitness and have fun without riding? This is the video for you! I love working my horses from the ground as it’s such a lovely way to communicate and work together. I enjoy finding exercises that build their strength, fitness and body
5 Things to Train When You Can’t Ride Your Horse 🐎Groundwork Inspiration! Read More »
What does it look like when your horse says, “no”? Do you then stop that activity completely? What does it mean to ‘have a conversation’ with your horse? This video shows a simple exercise with a lot going on! Sophie is working with her horse, Lily, clicker training her on a new water obstacle that
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Obstacles provide great challenges to improve your horse’s confidence and body awareness and the archway, hoop or curtain is a common obstacle in horse agility, trail classes and TREC. This video shows you how to introduce it to your horse in a way which is gentle, fun and builds your relationship. Spooky horses are scared
How to Start Training the Archway/Hoop/Curtain for Despooking and Body Awareness Read More »
Healthy movement is key to a sound and happy horse. Engagement is part of healthy movement, necessary for keeping your horse sound and comfortable. Our domestic horses get such limited movement, even with ample turnout, compared to their wild counterparts, that we need to help maintain their physical fitness through training. In order to train
What is Engagement? Try These Simple Exercises to Understand It. Read More »
Getting out and about with your horse should be fun and enriching for both of you, but it can often be stressful and challenging instead. In this video, you’ll learn my training process for building calmness and confidence with your horse from the arena to riding out confidently. As always, the training is about how
How to get Confident and Connected Hacking Out on the Trail Read More »
Although we never want it to happen, accidents sometimes do and if the saddle slips it can easily panic the horse, making a bad situation much worse. Luckily, there are things you can train to help your horse understand that it’s nothing to worry about and even that he should stop quietly if the saddle
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In this podcast interview, Hannah talks in-depth about Connection Training with host, Amy Frost. She discusses working on the trust between you and your horse using a range of connection training techniques. Hannah explains how target practice’ can help reduce your horse spooking when hacking, training advice for horses that push you around, why specific
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When you discover the power of using a target to train a horse, it is amazing. You can use it to teach a horse to lead, to stay, to load, to stand tied. The list goes on. As the title of Shawna Karrasch’s book says, “You Can Teach Your Horse to Do Anything”. The target
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Breathing slowly and deeply helps to calm your horse under saddle and improves your connection. On Selena’s first ride after re-backing, Rachel Bedingfield explains how to use your breath to create connection at the mounting block and calmness as you walk on. The three steps to success with this are Build connection on the ground
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I love working with my horses at liberty. Add in some jumps and it’s a thrill to watch the combination of power and grace from the horse and to witness their joy and connection to me. This video shows my Warm Blood mare, India, showing off her pretty incredible free-jumping skills. This is hands-down
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